C64 Soldier of Fortune (longplay)

An obscure and challenging game by Graftgold, who brought usParadroid, Uridium, and Rainbow Islands.

I'd looked all over the net for any info on this game. Nothing. I discovered that there was a map... but only for the Spectrum version, which has a different layout.

So what I did was spend some hours trying to figure out what to do and I mapped it all out.

The objective is to collect scrolls with an planetary sign (for example, MOON, PLUTO, NEPTUNE) and trade them with their astrological equivalent (MOON rules CANCER, PLUTO rules SCORPIO, NEPTUNE rules PISCES).
This is the arrangement for Village Life, the first level.
After you're got the three signs, find the ELEMENTAL, which is like a square stone tablet symbol, and take it back to Central Park, the main location which has levels for the Water, Fire, Air and Earth signs, and repeat this process in each.

Perseverance pays off in the end. I'd like to see this completed without using cheats...
(See my other video for the "bad" ending)

INFO:
1988, Graftgold/Firebird
Musician: Steve Turner
Title Screen: Paul Docherty (Dokk)
Programmer: John Cumming

http://www.lemon64.com/

Shame that ZZAP!64 didn't like this much. Lamebrains!

http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=043&page=018&thu...

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• C64
• Soldier
• of
• Fortune
• longplay
• 1988
• Graftgold
• Firebird
• Steve
• Turner
• Paul
• Docherty
• Dokk
• John
• Cumming
• Ending
• Spectrum
• Astrology
• Krillys
• Zodiac
• Glyph
• Symbol
• Tablet
• Scroll

[wandererlain]

@ciggbert You're welcome. Took me ages to even figure out what to do in it, but it was well worth it.

[ciggbert]

I have so been waiting for this! Thanks!

[wandererlain]

@getrocked Sure, you're welcome!

[getrocked]

Thank you for upload!!

[wandererlain]

@inphanta I did, too, but never back in the 80s/90s did I think I would complete it! Really satisfying.

If you can complete it using the longplay as a guide without cheats (and maybe adding that MoN music) then you're a great man. I have a jpg. of a map that I drew up on Paint that is also on Lemon64.com if anybody's interested?

[inphanta]

I remember seeing this in magazines. Looks pretty interesting. The only thing I didn't like about Graftgold games was that they never had any decent music (if they had any at all). A thumping Maniacs of Noise tune would suit this game to the ground.